Reviews - A Murder Is Announced

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A Murder Is Announced

Agatha Christie

3.9 AVERAGE

maecita02's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

gfisher1's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ruthsg's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miescenafinal's review against another edition

3.0

Me encantó como empezó, pero pucha que el final final siempre me aburre, se sobre explica mucho.

evelienvanwanrooy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

steve_hayer's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

wayneg's review against another edition

4.25

funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I’ve never read a Christie and from the first page I was totally surprised. Wow, she’s funny, brilliant at social observation and characterisation. All these inhabitants of Chipping Cleghorn seem real and believable and it’s a great satire of British society in the immediate post-war era. The plot keeps one guessing, but it does go slightly bonkers towards the end as Lettie/Lottie goes full serial killer…trying to drown Mitzi being one attempted murder too much for me. But I’ll read more Christie for fun